Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
Australian post-rockers reach new heights on latest release. sleepmakeswaves may not be a household post-rock name like Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, or Explosions In The Sky, but that hasn’t stopped them from gaining a small but loyal fanbase in their native Australia (where they have been nominated for ARIA and AIR awards). […]
Cat Dowling ‘Animals’ Review: Irish indie artist’s latest release offers a layered and empathetic look at romance and relationships. Irish chanteuse Cat Dowling’s latest album Animals opens with the title track, and its winning mix of surreal lyrics, urgent verse and beatific chorus is a microcosm of the material contained within. The new album, produced […]
SLIS Podcast Episode 42-Albums Revisited: U2’s ‘Achtung Baby’ Turns 30: we look back on the album that reinvented U2 for the 90’s on its 30th anniversary. 30 years ago this Thursday, U2 released Achtung Baby, the 1991 opus that helped them roar back to relevance after being sidelined by the commercial and critical disappointment of […]
Episode 23: 10 Bands You Either Love or Hate Part 2-SLIS Podcast (our conclusion to our list of bands who inspire volatile reactions). Earlier this week co-host Chris Logan and I discussed “10 Bands You Either Love or Hate Part 1,” those artists who are so polarizing, so divisive and so resolute in their vision, […]
Far Out Scenery: The Prescience of Warrior Soul’s ‘Salutations from the Ghetto Nation’ 25 Years Later By Dave Dierksen The goddamn president can go to hell! Imagine being 14 years old in 1991, living in a small, sheltered, conservative town, and hearing those words emerge from your radio. This was my first exposure to the […]
Hope and Despair: Reexamining U2’s The Joshua Tree and Pop. March marks the 30th anniversary of U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ and 20th anniversary of ‘Pop.’ Our own Dave Dierksen delves into both albums political relevancy and respective legacies. By David Dierksen This month, two records by the rock and roll behemoth we call U2 celebrate […]
U2 ‘Songs of Innocence’ Review: Anthemic Irish foursome fail to roar back to life on latest release. [rating=2] Depending on who you ask, U2 have peaked at various points in their career and have been on a downward slide ever since. For some folks it’s ‘The Joshua Tree’, for others ‘Achtung Baby’. And while some folks […]
This is Part 2 of our list of the 40 Most Underrated Alternative Rock Albums Of All Time. Click here to read Part One to see what’s already been covered and to read the criteria for which albums made the cut. If you’d like to buy/preview any of the albums discussed, clicking on the album image […]
Tips For Making A Rocking Wedding Music Playlist *Tips on making a wedding playlist that avoids being generic or groan inducing. Here we’ll cover the process of how to get your selections pre-planned and timed. If you want to see the songs I selected for my own wedding (complete with iTunes links, so you […]
PiL This is PiL album review My Rating [rating=2] PiL (aka Public Image Limited, or P.I.L.) were always a curious beast. When the Sex Pistols imploded, few thought any of the band members would go on to greater ventures, esp given Sid Vicious’s tragic end. So it was with great curiosity that snarling, sardonic […]
